Population Geography Quiz

What is the birthrate?

• The number of deaths per thousand people in the population

• The average number of children a woman would have in her lifetime

• The number of live births per thousand people in the population

• The number of deaths among infants under age one per thousand live births

What does the fertility rate show?

• The number of live births per thousand people in the population

• The average number of children a woman would have in her lifetime

• The number of deaths among infants under age one per thousand live births

• The number of deaths per thousand people in the population

What is the mortality rate?

• The number of deaths among infants under age one per thousand live births

• The number of live births per thousand people in the population

• The average number of children a woman would have in her lifetime

• The number of deaths per thousand people in the population

What does the infant mortality rate show?

• The number of deaths among infants under age one per thousand live births

• The number of live births per thousand people in the population

• The average number of children a woman would have in her lifetime

• The number of deaths per thousand people in the population

How is the rate of natural increase calculated?

• By subtracting the infant mortality rate from the birthrate

• By subtracting the mortality rate from the fertility rate

• By subtracting the mortality rate from the birthrate

• By subtracting the fertility rate from the birthrate

What does a population pyramid show?

• The number of deaths per thousand people in the population

• The average number of children a woman would have in her lifetime

• The sex and age distribution of a population

• The number of deaths among infants under age one per thousand live births

Where is almost 90 percent of the world's population located?

• Eastern Hemisphere

• Southern Hemisphere

• Northern Hemisphere

• Western Hemisphere

What factors influence where people choose to live?

• Climate, altitude, and access to water

• Population density, fertility rate, and mortality rate

• Birthrate, infant mortality rate, and carrying capacity

• Push-pull factors, population density, and fertility rate

Where do two-thirds of the world's population live?

• Between 20° N and 60° N

• Between 20° S and 60° S

• Between 20° E and 60° E

• Between 20° W and 60° W

Where are large populations often found?

• Polar regions

• Seacoasts and river valleys

• Desert regions

• Mountainous regions